Portable CW linac for commercial applications

Author

Deruyter, H. ; Foose, R. ; Mishin, A.V. ; Sapp, W. ; Schonberg, R.G. ; Skowbo, D.

Author_Institution

American Sci. & Eng., USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

590

Abstract

This paper continues our description of a new compact started by Schonberg Research under terms of a development contract. This work is now continued by High Energy Systems (HES) Division of AS&E. HES has been formed based on the acquisition of SRC by AS&E. Since we published the design and the first experimental data on the 1 MeV CW linac (1998), a complete test has been done as a continuation of the CW program. The accelerator is equipped with the local radiological shield and it can be operated on the manufacturing floor. The linac can be used for a variety of commercial and scientific applications, which require high power electron beams such as NDT programs, sterilization of medical products, electron beam processing of composites and food irradiation. In this paper, we briefly describe the latest results and upgrades to the existing system

Keywords

electron accelerators; electron beam applications; linear accelerators; commercial applications; electron beam processing; food irradiation; high power electron beams; local radiological shield; medical products; portable CW linac; Acceleration; Electron beams; Klystrons; Linear particle accelerator; Magnetic separation; Manufacturing; Power supplies; Radio frequency; Solenoids; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5573-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1999.795768

Filename

795768